Shoe shine box



A g. 1, 933- H. H. GERSTNER SHOE SHINE BOX Filed April '7, 1932INVENTOR/ #41521 2: r

.4 TTORNEY Patented 1', 1933 I sno'n SHINEBOX "Harry H. Gerstner,Dayton, Ohio "A i licafioszipril7,1932. Serial No. 603,721 I 3 Claims.(o1. 2s5.),

I This invention relates to new and useful im-v provements inshoe-shine'boxes 7 It is one-of-the principal objects of my holder thatis raised, out of, and above,the box to a firm shoe-supporting positionbythe hinged cover or top1when the latter isbrought to its,

fully open position. -'\Vhen this occursthe holder will solidly supportalshoe in L a convenient posi-.

o tion for'shiningr It is another object of myinvention to-secure to theinteriorportion of the :box cover, a pivoted shelf to support cansiof'shoepolish-ina raised,

position immediately. in front, of the shoe to be 15" shined.

A further object of my invention isj the provision ofa shoe box in:which articles may be stored beneath the shoe holder, i'whichtrestsjust below .the box .cover when closing position.. Another object of myinvention is theprovision of a shoe-shine box that maybe used as a stoolin its closed position, being attractively constructed with a seat top.Other important and incidental, objects will be brought out in thefollowing specification and particularly set forth in the subjoinedclaims.

the latter is, in its In the accompanying drawing. illustrating myinvention, Figure, 1 is a perspective view of my shoe-shine box open,with the shoe holder and the shoe polish support in their raisedpositions.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken through the same,disclosing the link connection between the cover and the shoe holder.And Figure 3 is a side view of the box in its closed position for use asa stool, the retracted foot holder, shoe polish support and connectinglink age being shown in dotted lines.

U Inthe accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, the numeral 1designates a rectangular shoe-box having a bottom 2 and four legs 3. Se-

cured by means of hinges 4 to the rear side 5 of the box is a four-sidedcover 6. Pivotally secured, near its rear corners, between the sides 7,'7 of i this cover, is a shoe polish supporting shelf 8.

The numeral 9 designates a shoe holder, being constructed of metal toconform to the bottom of the shoe to be polished. Formed on theundersurface of this holder 9 atthe juncture of its heel and instepsupporting portions, are two parallel ears or lugs 10 between which oneend of an arm 11 is pivotally secured. The other endof this arm ispivotally connected to a bracket 12 at- *tached to the upper innerportion of the front inven-,-. tion to provide a shoeshine,,box having ashoe holder 9 are two ears or lugs 14 between which the contiguousparallel ends 15, 15 of two intiOii 17.

' supporting position.

side 13 of the box. In its vertical position this Formed on the frontinner portion of the shoe I clinedlever arms 16, 16,, respectively, arepiv- 'oted. Each one of these inclined lever arms 16 terminates at itsinner end in a'vertical por- .65 Set inhorizontal grooves 18, 18 in thesides 1919, respectively, of the boxfl, near the top edges. thereof, aretwo oppositely disposed metal pieces or strips 20, 20, each strip beingsecured within its respective groove by screws 21. To the front portionsof the metal strips 20, 20, the

vertical portions 17 of the inclined lever arms16,

, 16 are pivotally secured by fulcrum screws 22, the

endsiof said arms below the screws being pivotally connectedto thecurved outerends of links 23. At their rear ends, these links 23, 23incline up wardly for pivotal connection to shelf-supporting arms24, 24respectively, which are secured at their extreme lower ends, by pivotpins 25,

to the rear portions of the metal strips 20. so

At their upperends-the arms 24, 24 are secured'by pivot pins 25 to theends of the shelf 8 near the front sides thereof, this shelf beingformed with round recesses 26 to receive cans or containers holdingpolish for use in shining the w shoe in place upon the holder 9. I I

Stop pieces 2'7, 27, with inclined front edges, are secured to the.upper inner corner portions of the sides 19, 19, respectively, of thebox, to

limit the rearward movement of the shelf supporting arms 24.

When the box is not in use for the purpose of shining ones shoes, it is'in the closed condition illustrated in Figure 3. So that it may be usedas a stool while in this condition, a leather cush- 5-,;

ion 28 is fittedto the top portion of the cover 6. Whenthe cover 6 israised to the position shown in'Figure 1, the shoe holder 9 will beelevated to the position illustrated in that figure by the mechanismjust described. This mechanism, 100.

which is retracted within the box while the latter is closed, as shownin dotted lines in Figure 3, will be actuated as follows by therearwardly moving cover to bring the holder 9 to its shoe- When theouter ends of the shelf-supporting arms 24 are drawn upwardly andrearwardly by the shelf 8 pivotally secured to the cover 6, they'willpull rearwardly the links 23 which are connected to them. The front endsof these links, being secured to the extreme lower ends of the leverarms 16, will exert a rearward pull upon these ends to cause theinclined ends of these arms to move the shoe holder 9 upwardly andforwardly, until the arm 11, which follows the movement of the inclinedportions of the lever arms 16, to abut the top edge of the front side 13of the box.

At this point the shelf supporting arms 24, 24 engage the stop pieces27, 27 respectively, which assist the front side 13 of the box inaffording a solid support for the shoe holder in its raised position.

When the shoe holder is in its top position, as shown in Figures 1 and2, it is high enough and solid enough to permit one to conveniently andefliciently shine his or her shoes when separately placed upon it. Atthe same time the shelf 8 will be firmly held by the arms 24 in asufficiently raised horizontal position to afford to the user convenientaccess to the polish supported upon it. I

When the cover 6 is moved downwardly to close the box, the shelf 8carrying the polish will be maintained in a horizontal position, comingto a stop in that position over the shoe holder 9, which will be drawndownwardly and rearwardly below it by the links 23. (See Figure 3.)

It will be seen that after the shoe holder and the polish holding shelfhave been retracted within the box, ample room is available below themand their elevating mechanism to receive various household articles forstorage.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, a foot restwithin the box, a shelf pivotally secured to the inner portion of thecover, and linkage connected between said shelf and ,foot rest, whereby,when the free end of the cover is drawn upwardly and rearwardly, thefoot rest will be elevated out of the box to a foot-supporting positionabove the latter, opposite the shelf, and the shelf will remainapproximately horizontal.

, 2. The combination with a shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, a footrest movably supported within the box, a polish-supporting shelfpivotally secured, near its rear edge, to the inner portion of thecover, a lever arm pivotally secured at its lower end within the boxnear the hinge and to the outer portion of said shelf, the distancebetween the hinge and the lower lever pivot being approximately equal tothe distance between the pivot of the shelf to the cover and the pivotof the lever to the shelf, and linkage between the foot rest and thelever arm, whereby, when the free end of the cover is drawn upwardly andrearwardly, the foot rest will be elevated out of the box to afoot-supporting position above the latter, opposite the shelf, and theshelf will remain approximately horizontal.

3. The combination witha shoe box, a cover hinged thereto, an armpivotally secured at its lower end to the inner portion of the frontside of the box and projecting above the latter when in its raisedposition, a foot rest pivotally secured to the upper portion of saidarm, a lever alsopivotally secured at its upper end to said foot rest, afulcrum pin pivotally securing said lever nearthe front of the box, thelower end of said lever being free, and link connected between the coverand'the free lower end of said lever,

